Original U.S. Civil War Era Austrian Augustin M-1842 Percussion Conversion Rifled Musket - dated 1849 U.S. Militaria later CAPTAIN METCALFE'S CARTRIDGE BLOCK

later CAPTAIN METCALFE'S CARTRIDGE BLOCK DEVISE

This bayonet is the immediate predecessor of the heavy sawback pioneer swords and bayonets used in WWI

You don't want too many buddies or didn't want to be -- try to be the most popular guy in the camp

26th Infantry Division that served in the ETO during World War Two

The cat is fitted with blood red faceted eyes

Original U.S. Civil War Era Austrian Augustin M-1842 Percussion Conversion Rifled Musket - dated 1849 U.S. Militaria later CAPTAIN METCALFE'S CARTRIDGE BLOCKOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an AUSTRIAN AUGUSTIN MODEL 1842 Percussion Rifled Musket, originally issued in flintlock, but converted to percussion in the 1850s. It was most likely subsequently sold to the United States and imported just prior to the U. S. Civil War where many of these weapons saw service mostly on the Confederate side. The musket complete with original period double ended ramrod. The musket measures just shy of 58" in